He has a sense of what Iraqis want, according to Christopher Dickey. Top priority: order. I think it’s safe to say now that you’d be a fool to under-estimate the new Iraqi government.
QUOTE FOR THE DAY: “Many, if not most, Americans have reasoned that there is no overriding urgent need to act at this time. And they are right to do so. The legal definition of marriage has always been left to the states to decide, in accordance with the prevailing standards of their neighborhoods and communities. Certainly, that view has prevailed for many years in my party where we adhere to a rather stricter federalism than has always been the case in the prevailing views among our friends in the Democratic Party. Some fear that the decision in Massachusetts will ultimately result in the imposition of different views on marriage in communities where the traditional view of marriage is considered singular and sacred. But there really is insufficient reason presently to fear such a result.” – Senator John McCain, on the religious right’s Federal Marriage Amendment.
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